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Assessing Parkinson’s at Home: Contactless Monitoring of Sleep, Motor Symptom Progression and Medication Response
… study investigates the feasibility of tracking mobility, sleep and quality of life in a passive, contactless manner … Parkinson’s severity, progression over time, impact on sleep and medication response without imposing any burden on … We will collect continuous readings of gait speed, sleep and other activity-related measurements passively …
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Measurement of Mitochondrial DNA in Early Stages of Parkinson’s Disease
… Study Rationale: People with a form of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) experience nightmares and lash out physically during a stage of sleep when the body's muscles are normally relaxed. Most of … treatments at the early stage of PD in clinical trials. … Sleep Disorders … Biomarkers … Ramon Trullas, PhD … …
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Dopamine transporter imaging predicts clinically-defined a-synucleinopathy in REM sleep behavior disorder
November 22, 2020
… Individuals with idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) are at high risk for a …
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“Good Night” Starts with a Good Day: Getting Your Best Sleep with Parkinson’s (Ask the MD Video)
March 25, 2024
… A good night’s sleep is the foundation for everything we do, but for many … those who live with Parkinson’s disease (PD), good sleep is often elusive. If you live with Parkinson’s, you might have trouble falling sleep, or insomnia; wake up during the night or too early in …
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What We Fund: $25.2M to Studies toward Restorative Sleep, Better Cognitive Function and More Improvements
April 18, 2023
… See full list of MJFF funded studies. Enhancing Sleep in Parkinson’s Disease Sleep disruption is a symptom often associated with PD. … will test potential therapies that improve “slow-wave sleep” — a stage of sleep that plays a role in growth, …
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What We Fund: $34.2M Toward Light Therapy for Sleep, Freezing of Gait and More
April 29, 2024
… the impact of light therapy for reducing PD symptoms Sleep disturbances are common in Parkinson’s. With earlier … provide the main light signal to the brain for initiating sleep are impaired in PD. They have developed a light … this lighting technology on melanopsin cell function and on sleep and motor behaviors in people with PD. The Michael …